Carpe Librum’s Chicago Pop-up

Carpe Librum’s Chicago Pop-up

Once again, Turning the Page’s (TTP) bookstore, Carpe Librum, will be “popping up” in Chicago! Carpe Librum is our used book selling effort. Each year, the communities of Washington, D.C. and Chicago donate thousands of books to TTP that we sell at our bookstore. All...
Partner Highlight: Reach Incorporated

Partner Highlight: Reach Incorporated

“I thought I didn’t have an artistic bone in my body” explains student author, Nassem Roach, as he turns to tell his story to a circle of parents at Garfield Elementary school during our community icebreaker. A teacher follows suit, “My students create finger puppets...
Chicago Author Visit Rewind!

Chicago Author Visit Rewind!

Over the past few weeks in Chicago, Turning the Page hosted numerous authors at our partner schools for this semester’s Author Visits. At LEARN Charter (Romano-Butler campus), we hosted Winner of the 2015 Sydney Taylor Award, Jim Aylesworth, who shared his book Old...
Q’s & A’s: Bringing the Conversation Home

Q’s & A’s: Bringing the Conversation Home

Our first Community Night: Questions for Home and School was a blast! In Chicago and DC, we saw over 800 parents and students within our combined eleven schools. With parents and teachers, we discussed the various aspects of their child’s education including tips for...
What Would You Do With 100,000 Books?

What Would You Do With 100,000 Books?

At Turning the Page, we give them away. We love books and we love sharing that love with our families. We ensure each parent and student receives at least one book when they attend our programs. Our goal is to assist families in building their own family libraries. In...